Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV) Competitors

Henderson Diversified Income (LON:HDIV) and Mercia Asset Management (LON:MERC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Is HDIV or MERC a better dividend stock?

Henderson Diversified Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.8%. Mercia Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Henderson Diversified Income pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercia Asset Management pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Henderson Diversified Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HDIV or MERC?

Mercia Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Diversified Income. Henderson Diversified Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercia Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Henderson Diversified Income	-£30.19M	-1.06	-£6.46M	-£0.04	-438.50
Mercia Asset Management	£30.34M	4.06	£436.32M	£97.26	0.29

Do analysts recommend HDIV or MERC?

Mercia Asset Management has a consensus target price of GBX 64, suggesting a potential upside of 128.57%. Given Mercia Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mercia Asset Management is more favorable than Henderson Diversified Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson Diversified Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mercia Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer HDIV or MERC?

In the previous week, Henderson Diversified Income had 1 more articles in the media than Mercia Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Diversified Income and 0 mentions for Mercia Asset Management. Henderson Diversified Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mercia Asset Management'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Diversified Income	Neutral
Mercia Asset Management	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, HDIV or MERC?

Henderson Diversified Income has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercia Asset Management has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HDIV or MERC?

Henderson Diversified Income received 13 more outperform votes than Mercia Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave Mercia Asset Management an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Henderson Diversified Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Diversified Income	Outperform Votes 84 64.12%	Underperform Votes 47 35.88%
Mercia Asset Management	Outperform Votes 71 69.61%	Underperform Votes 31 30.39%

Is HDIV or MERC more profitable?

Mercia Asset Management has a net margin of 1,438.02% compared to Henderson Diversified Income's net margin of 0.00%. Mercia Asset Management's return on equity of 223.48% beat Henderson Diversified Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Diversified Income	N/A	-4.62%	-0.14%
Mercia Asset Management	1,438.02%	223.48%	0.31%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HDIV or MERC?

14.8% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Mercia Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mercia Asset Management beats Henderson Diversified Income on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.